Archive : OS & Softwares

Social Apps You’l| need more than oust access to phone and email to be successful in this world 0f split-second communication. Elves being available via instant messaging and regularly touching base with your professional contacts is critical. Meebo (Free, app2.me/4l68) If you’ve obtained work from a number of organi cations or individuals, you’|| need to stay in touch with them. [...]

1. Angry Birds Eric ($2.99, app2.meB9G3; pied version: $2.99, app2.me/3964) They’re in Rio de Janeiro, and they’re engraver! his sequel to the wildly successful franchise includes elements and twists from the Fox motion picture, Rio. A must-have if you already own the origina 2. Tiny Wings ($.99, app2.me/3739) This fun little game knocked dove Angry Birds from the top spot in the games [...]

1. Air Display ($9,99, ) Air Display turns your iPad into an additional LCD monitor that connects wireless to your Mac or PC 2. OmniGraphSketcher ($4.99, app2 me/3939) With this app you can either create great-looking graphs manually, let the program generate high—quaIity graphs by itself, or edit a combination of the two 3. Penultimate ($1.99, app2.me/32l2) Use your finger to take notes, create [...]

3. Splashtop Remote Desktop This app is an inexpensive and efficient remote desktop solution. Aloes your computer from your iPad and edit presentations, watch flan video, listen to music, play 3D games and more 2. TeamViewer HD (Free version, epp2.me/3942; Pro version: $139 epp2me/3943) This app is super easy to set up and gives you fest end secure remote access to Windows, Mac, end Linux systems. 3. [...]

1. Keynote ($9.99, app2.me/2481) I talked about this app so much that it be came a running joke at iPhone Life head quarters. As someone who loves public speaking and creating presentations, I was just blown away by the versatility and functionality of the Keynote app. And even though it still doesn’t have all the features of its desktop counterpart, it is a must·have if you ever work [...]

1. Kindle (Free, app2.me/2482) Amazon’s Kindle app is my absolute fa~ vortex. lt lost a few points from me when they removed the dedicated Kindle Store button, but they had to in order to comply with AppIe’s rules. It is still very easy to purchase books, organize and read them, and it is especially enjoyable on the iPad, lf you were to choose one app this year, this would be it. 2. [...]

Wow, there are a lot of apps in the app store! And the number seems to be growing expo mentally. Any sane person would just ask their friends for app recommendations, and since we’re your friends, we’ve made it easy for you to find the very best apps for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. So get your device ready, pour yourself a nice beverage, and feast away through this year’s top [...]

iCloud is free, and it’s no vendor. Not that there isn’t value indeed acid is incredibly valuable. And thatʼs the point. Once you have all of your content (contacts, apps, music, movies, books, etc.) on Apples servers, Why would you ever leave for a competing pIatf0rm?Tecnn0lcgicaIly and financially, it’s s0 much easier t0 stay in the Apple ec0system.Tnat’s vinyl iCl0ud is [...]

iPhone app developer, I’m under Nondisclosure, so ln my iPhone Life article in the September- October 2011 issue, I had to stick to publicly announced features. Nova that i’ve had some extensive hands-on time, and iOS 5 should be out by the time you read this, itʼs safe to at least offer my impressions. Specifically, lOS 5 is a welcome refinement to Apples mobile operating system. Four [...]

LiveCode Server from RunRev is a new and novel solution that provides back—end and cloud services for mobile or desktop applications and processes. The advantage of LiveCode Server, says RunRev, is to enable developers to create data-intensive apps with confidence that the sneer volume of information and files required are kept securely in the cloud and readily accessible. LiveCode is a programmable [...]